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Gaba NP, de Moura CEV, Majumder R, Sokolov AY. Simulating transient X-ray photoelectron spectra of Fe(CO) 5 and its photodissociation products with multireference algebraic diagrammatic construction theory. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:15927-15938. [PMID: 38805029 DOI: 10.1039/d4cp00801d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2024]
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Accurate simulations of transient X-ray photoelectron spectra (XPS) provide unique opportunities to bridge the gap between theory and experiment in understanding the photoactivated dynamics in molecules and materials. However, simulating X-ray photoelectron spectra along a photochemical reaction pathway is challenging as it requires accurate description of electronic structure incorporating core-hole screening, orbital relaxation, electron correlation, and spin-orbit coupling in excited states or at nonequilibrium ground-state geometries. In this work, we employ the recently developed multireference algebraic diagrammatic construction theory (MR-ADC) to investigate the core-ionized states and X-ray photoelectron spectra of Fe(CO)5 and its photodissociation products (Fe(CO)4, Fe(CO)3) following excitation with 266 nm light. The simulated transient Fe 3p and CO 3σ XPS spectra incorporating spin-orbit coupling and high-order electron correlation effects are shown to be in a good agreement with the experimental measurements by Leitner et al. [J. Chem. Phys., 2018, 149, 044307]. Our calculations suggest that core-hole screening, spin-orbit coupling, and ligand-field splitting effects are similarly important in reproducing the experimentally observed chemical shifts in transient Fe 3p XPS spectra of iron carbonyl complexes. Our results also demonstrate that the MR-ADC methods can be very useful in interpreting the transient XPS spectra of transition metal compounds.
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- Nicholas P Gaba
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 43210, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 43210, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 43210, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 43210, USA.
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Zielinski P, Black JA, Köhn A. Performance Tests of the Second-Order Approximate Internally Contracted Multireference Coupled-Cluster Singles and Doubles Method icMRCC2. J Chem Theory Comput 2023; 19:8671-8688. [PMID: 37991987 PMCID: PMC10720349 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.3c00969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2023] [Revised: 11/03/2023] [Accepted: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 11/24/2023]
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Benchmark results are presented for the second-order approximation of the internally contracted multireference coupled-cluster method with single and double excitations, icMRCC2 [Köhn, Bargholz, J. Chem. Phys. 2019, 151, 041106], which was designed as a multireference analogue of the single-reference second-order approximate coupled-cluster method CC2 [Christiansen, Koch, Jørgensen, Chem. Phys. Lett. 1995, 243, 409-418]. Vertical excitation energies of various small to medium-sized organic molecules are investigated based on established test sets from the literature. Additionally, the spectroscopic constants of ground and excited states of diatomics and the geometric parameters of excited triatomic molecules were determined and compared to the experimental data. The results show that the method clearly extends the applicability of single-reference CC2, including doubly excited states, and also artifacts of CC2 like too low Rydberg excitations and too weak multiple bonds are eliminated. The method is computationally more demanding than standard multireference second-order perturbation theories but improves significantly in accuracy, as shown by the benchmark results. In addition, it is demonstrated that small active spaces are often sufficient to obtain accurate energies with icMRCC2. Example applications like the automerization of cyclobutadiene, the deactivation pathway of ethylene, and the excited states of an iron complex with a noninnocent nitrosyl ligand demonstrate the potential of icMRCC2 in cases with strong multireference character.
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- Patrik Zielinski
- Institute for Theoretical
Chemistry, University of Stuttgart, Paffenwaldring 55, Stuttgart D-70569, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical
Chemistry, University of Stuttgart, Paffenwaldring 55, Stuttgart D-70569, Germany
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de Moura CEV, Sokolov AY. Simulating X-ray photoelectron spectra with strong electron correlation using multireference algebraic diagrammatic construction theory. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:4769-4784. [DOI: 10.1039/d1cp05476g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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A new theoretical approach for the simulations of X-ray photoelectron spectra of strongly correlated molecular systems that combines multireference algebraic diagrammatic construction theory (MR-ADC) with a core–valence separation (CVS) technique.
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- Carlos E. V. de Moura
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 43210, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 43210, USA
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Mazin IM, Sokolov AY. Multireference Algebraic Diagrammatic Construction Theory for Excited States: Extended Second-Order Implementation and Benchmark. J Chem Theory Comput 2021; 17:6152-6165. [PMID: 34553937 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.1c00684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We present an implementation and benchmark of new approximations in multireference algebraic diagrammatic construction theory for simulations of neutral electronic excitations and UV/vis spectra of strongly correlated molecular systems (MR-ADC). Following our work on the first-order MR-ADC approximation [J. Chem. Phys. 2018, 149, 204113], we report the strict and extended second-order MR-ADC methods (MR-ADC(2) and MR-ADC(2)-X) that combine the description of static and dynamic electron correlation in the ground and excited electronic states without relying on state-averaged reference wave functions. We present an extensive benchmark of the new MR-ADC methods for excited states in several small molecules, including the carbon dimer, ethylene, and butadiene. Our results demonstrate that, for weakly correlated electronic states, the MR-ADC(2) and MR-ADC(2)-X methods outperform the third-order single-reference ADC approximation and are competitive with the results from equation-of-motion coupled cluster theory. For states with multireference character, the performance of the MR-ADC methods is similar to that of an N-electron valence perturbation theory. In contrast to conventional multireference perturbation theories, the MR-ADC methods have many attractive features, such as a straightforward and efficient calculation of excited-state properties and a direct access to excitations outside of the frontier (active) orbitals.
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- Ilia M Mazin
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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Khedkar A, Roemelt M. Modern multireference methods and their application in transition metal chemistry. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:17097-17112. [PMID: 34355719 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp02640b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Transition metal chemistry is a challenging playground for quantum chemical methods owing to the simultaneous presence of static and dynamic electron correlation effects in many systems. Wavefunction based multireference (MR) methods constitute a physically sound and systematically improvable Ansatz to deal with this complexity but suffer from some conceptual difficulties and high computational costs. The latter problem partially arises from the unfavorable scaling of the Full Configuration Interaction (Full-CI) problem which in the majority of MR methods is solved for a subset of the molecular orbital space, the so-called active space. In the last years multiple methods such as modern variants of selected CI, Full-CI Quantum Monte Carlo (FCIQMC) and the density matrix renormalization group (DMRG) have been developed that solve the Full-CI problem approximately for a fraction of the computational cost required by conventional techniques thereby significantly extending the range of applicability of modern MR methods. This perspective review outlines recent advancements in the field of MR electronic structure methods together with the resulting chances and challenges for theoretical studies in the field of transition metal chemistry. In light of its emerging importance a special focus is put on the selection of adequate active spaces and the concomitant development of numerous selection aides in recent years.
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- Abhishek Khedkar
- Lehrstuhl für theoretische Chemie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany.
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Chatterjee K, Sokolov AY. Extended Second-Order Multireference Algebraic Diagrammatic Construction Theory for Charged Excitations. J Chem Theory Comput 2020; 16:6343-6357. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.0c00778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Koushik Chatterjee
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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Werner HJ, Knowles PJ, Manby FR, Black JA, Doll K, Heßelmann A, Kats D, Köhn A, Korona T, Kreplin DA, Ma Q, Miller TF, Mitrushchenkov A, Peterson KA, Polyak I, Rauhut G, Sibaev M. The Molpro quantum chemistry package. J Chem Phys 2020; 152:144107. [PMID: 32295355 DOI: 10.1063/5.0005081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 495] [Impact Index Per Article: 123.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Molpro is a general purpose quantum chemistry software package with a long development history. It was originally focused on accurate wavefunction calculations for small molecules but now has many additional distinctive capabilities that include, inter alia, local correlation approximations combined with explicit correlation, highly efficient implementations of single-reference correlation methods, robust and efficient multireference methods for large molecules, projection embedding, and anharmonic vibrational spectra. In addition to conventional input-file specification of calculations, Molpro calculations can now be specified and analyzed via a new graphical user interface and through a Python framework.
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- Hans-Joachim Werner
- Institut für Theoretische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3AT, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, United Kingdom
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- Institut für Theoretische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Max-Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstraße 1, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, L. Pasteura 1 St., 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institut für Theoretische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-4630, USA
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- School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3AT, United Kingdom
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- Institut für Theoretische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3AT, United Kingdom
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